Vincent Van Gogh - Interior of a Restaurant, 1887

Your greatest, and most meaningful accomplishments will not come from stressful, harshly competitive, or ego-driven energy. The projects and creations that will ultimately be the most successful in all ways are going to be those that feed the Souls of whoever comes into contact with them. In order for your work to feed other people's souls, it must have originated from an essence within your own Soul. This means that when you work from your heart's inspirations, there are intangible layers of Light that are woven within the fabric of your creations. If you are living out the belief that successful work must contain struggle, hardship, be exhausting and drain the life-blood out of you - then you are not in the flow of your Soul's essence. Your true work will not drain you or feel like a struggle, but if you are layering your own (or your parents') negative beliefs about work and money on top of it…then you may still create the same effect. There is no competition for your life's purpose. No-one else on the planet can do what you do in the exact way that you do it. You are the only one carrying your unique frequency, and own brand of Light. If you form the basis of a work project only on the desire to make money, or only to top your competitors - it will stay at one level of consciousness and have a very limited trajectory. It may make some money, and it may top some competitors - but it won't impact anybody through their heart centres. If it doesn't touch anyone's hearts - simply because there was no heart energy in it to start with - the energetic resonance will be very weak. All ideas that come from a heart-centred place, springing from a true desire to serve the planet, anchored in whatever it is that comes naturally and effortlessly to you and brings you joy - are ideas given from God. These ideas are Divinely-sent, and on some level must be needed by the Universe in order for evolution to occur. Be clear though, that even the most inspired, heart-centred ideas take practice, dedication, perseverance and usually a lot of courage to develop. Most extremely successful and inspiring leaders, creatives and pioneers have gone through years, and years and years of seemingly 'getting nowhere' as they honed, practiced, and evolved their crafts or talents. Many of the people that you admire as positively powerful contributors in the world have experienced significant personal challenges and have had to overcome enormous blocks and obstacles to success in any form. When you devote yourself to serving your purpose through humility, with the willingness to be more patient than you probably thought was possible, and are committed to learning through all the experiences the Universe gives you with as much grace and trust as you can - absolutely magical things will happen. You will come to see just how your intuitive and heart-centred ideas and desires are the foundations of great, long-lasting and profoundly meaningful creations. You will be shown just how much you are really capable of, because it won't all be given 'on a plate' - as this is not for your Highest Good in the long run. There will be endurance needed, and practice, and patience. But in the end, along the way, and in the most delightfully unexpected ways, you will see just how beautifully everything is designed to come together. When you make a pledge to serve the Universe for the Highest Good, you will be guided only to give of yourself in the most loving ways. This will be loving for you: it will nourish, fulfil, and evolve you as a Soul. It will naturally serve a divine purpose in supporting others in being nourished, fulfilled and on the pathway of evolution. Even though your Divine purpose will take dedication, focus and application (sometimes on a massive scale), and will nearly always require you to face many fears, it will always feel fluid, natural, effortless, joyful. It will feel like energy pouring out of you that just cannot be suppressed. If you do suppress it, there are usually consequences physically, mentally and emotionally. Your ego and logical mind do not carry the keys to your true Divine Purpose on Earth. The seeds of the most abundantly successful and meaningful legacies that you will leave here all spring from your heart and spirit's voice. Only the heart and spirit is attuned to the true evolution of our Universe. Therefore, the sparks that fly from your heart deserve to be listened to, acted upon, and realised fully. This is how you flow with the rhythm of your spiritual destiny, and contribute to the creation of a new world order aligned with the very highest frequencies of love.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - The Spanish Dancer, 1888. The Musee D'Orsay has a wonderfully reconstructed large painting (images from the original large canvas had been cut out and reframed on their own) of Toulouse Lautrec's that can't be missed.

The Spanish Dancer, 1888 Art Print by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at Art.com

(Green Dancer) French Impressionist painter Edgar Degas, one of the great artists of the world, is most known for his paintings of girls dancing at the ballet which make up over half of his total work. Considered to be a founder of Impressionism, Degas (1834 – 1917) nonetheless rejected the movement’s penchant for painting outdoors and portraying natural light. Intent on capturing poses as natural and spontaneous as a photograph, his studies of female dancers are celebrated as supreme masterpieces and mark him as an innovator in his own right. Degas completed paintings in his studio that originated as sketches of living models, strongly influencing later artists such as Picasso and Toulouse-Lautrec. "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things." - Edgar Degas (art.com)

Frederic, Lord Leighton P.R.A. (1830-1896) Sisters. Leighton was an enthusiastic volunteer soldier, enrolling with the first group to join the 38th Middlesex (Artists) Rifle Volunteers (later to be known as The Artists Rifles) on 5th October 1860. His qualities of leadership were immediately identified and he was promoted to command A Company within a few months. He commanded the Regiment from 1869-1883.

John William Waterhouse - Gather Ye Rosebuds (pre-raphaelite art)

Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May Oil Painting Reproduction on Canvas Artist: John William Waterhouse Date: 1909, Pre-Raphaelite Museum: Private Collection View this painting in various frame styles Aged &amp; Cracked is available for this painting - See more at: http://www.artsheaven.com/john-william-waterhouse-gather-ye-rosebuds-while-ye-may-2.html#sthash.aiGronJ8.dpuf

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may by John William Waterhouse one of the preraphaelite artists